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SOCIETY or COLONIAL WARS 



IN THE 



STATE OP VERMONT 




Constitution and By-Laws 
1903 



WITH LISTS OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



... OF THE . . . 



SOCIETY OF 



'/ 



COLONIAL WARS 

... IN THE . . . 

STATE OF VERMONT 

As revised, and adopted February 24, 

J 903 



FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION 
PRINTERS AND BINDERS 
BURLINGTON, VERMONT 
1903 



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Incorporators and Charter Members. 

Col. Edward Alonzo CiiiTTENDiiN, St. Albans. 

Gen. Theodore; Saeford Peck, Burlington. 

Col. William Seward Webb, Shelburne. 

Frederick Nash Morton, St. Albans. 

Robert Noble, Burlington. 

Col. Truman Chittenden Fletcher, St. Johnsbury. 

Col. George GrEnvillE Benedict, Burlington. 

Gov. Urban Andrian Woodbury, Burlington. 

Col. Robert Jackson Kimball, West Randolph. 

Hon. Hiram Augustus Huse, Montpelier. 

Ex-Gov. William Paul Dillingham, Waterbury. 

Col. Charles Spooner Forbes, St. Albans. 

John Grant Norton, St. Albans. 

Capt. Austin W^eld Fuller, St. Albans. 

Capt. Horace Edward Dyer, Rutland. 

Past Governors, 

Gen. Theodore Saeeord Peck. 
Col. William Seward Webb. 
Ex-Gov. Urban Andrian Woodbury. 
Ex-Gov. Edward Curtis Smith. 
Hon. Charles Dewey. ' . . 

Hon. Elias Lyman 
Robert Noble, Esq. 

Hon. James Clay Houghton, Governor-elect, 
deceased before installation. 

Chartered November 12, 1894. Organized November 20, 1894. 

Incorporated November 20, 1894. 



OFFICERS 

IN The 

SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

IN The: 

STATE OF VERMONT. 

J903-4. 



Governor, 

George Grenville Benedict, Burlington. 

Deputy-Governor, 

Benjamin Franki^in FiFieed, Montpelier. 

Lieutenant-Governor, 

Daniel Webster Robinson, Burlington. 

Secretary, 
ChareES Strain Van Patten, Burlington. 

Deputy-Secretary, 
Byron Nathaniel Clark, Burlington. 

Treasurer, 

Charles Spooner Forbes, St. Albans. 

Chaplain, 

William Shields Roberts, D. D., Deep River, Conn. 

Historian, 

Charles Allen Converse, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Registrar, 

Charles Edwin Allen, Burlington. 

Chancellor, 

John Henry Booth, Plattsburgh, N. Y. 

Surgeon, 
Leroy Monroe Bingham, Burlington. 



Gentlemen of the Council, 

WiLUAM James Van Patte:n, Burlington. 
Urban Andrian Woodbury, Burlington. 
Edward Alonzo Chitte;nde;n, St. Albans. 
*JuLius Jacob Estey, Brattleboro. 
Heman W. Allen, Burlington. 
Truman C. Fletcher, St. Johnsbury. 

Committee on Membership, 

Charles E. Allen, Burlington. 
Albert Tuttle, Fair Haven. 
Horace E. Dyer, Rutland. 
Henry L. Ward, Burlington. 
Charles L. Woodbury, Burlington. 

Committee on Historical Documents, 

George G. Benedict, Burlington. 
William J. Van Patten, Burlington. 
Charles Dewey, Montpelier. 
Elias Lyman, Burlington. 
Edward P. Woodbury, Burlington. 

Committee on Installation, 

George Worthington, Bennington, 
Carroll S. Page, Hyde Park. 
Henry Wells, Burlington. 
Frederick A. Richardson, Burlington, 
Jacob G. Estey, Brattleboro. 

Deceased. 



ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 

OF the; 

SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

IN the; 
STATE OF VERMONT/ 



We, the subscribers, hereby associate ourselves together as a 
Corporation, under the Laws of the State of Vermont, to be known 
by the name of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Ver- 
mont, for the purpose of perpetuating the memory of the events 
of Colonial History happening from the settlement of Jamestown, 
Va., May 13, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, 
and of the men, who in military, naval and civil positions of high 
trust and responsibility, by their acts or counsel assisted in the es- 
tablishment, defense and preservation of the American Colonies, 
and were in truth the founders of this nation ; and, to that end, 
of collecting and preserving manuscripts, rolls and records ; of 
providing suitable commemorations or memorials relating to the 
A.merican Colonial period, and to inspire in its members the fra- 
ternal and patriotic spirit of their forefathers, and in the commu- 
nity respect and reverence for those whose public services made 
our freedom and unity possible, in each of the towns and cities 
in the State of Vermont, upon the following conditions : 

To establish proper rules and regulations for the conduct of 
the association for the purposes named ; for the choice of officers 
and the fees of members ; and for the admission of new members 
of the association under the rules established by the General 
Society of Colonial Wars. 

Dated at Montpelier, in the County of Washington, this 
twentieth day of November, A. D. 1894. 



[Signed by Edward Alonzo Chittenden, Urban Andrian 
Woodbury, Theodore Safford Peck, William Seward Webb, 
George Grenville Benedict, Robert Jackson Kimball, Horace Ed- 
ward Dyer, Frederick Nash Morton, Truman Chittenden Fletcher, 
John Grant Norton, Robert Noble, Austin Weld Fuller, Charles 
Spooner Forbes, William Paul Dillingham, Hiram Augustus 
Huse.] 



LIST OF MEMBERS. 

^*"^e National 

No. 2,r^ 

1. Edward Alonzo Chittenden St. Albans, Vt 505 

2. Theodore Safford Peck Burlington, Vt 729 

3. W. Seward Webb , Shelburne, Vt 730 

4. Frederick Nash Morton Hoboken, N. J 731 

5. Robert Noble Burlington, Vt 732 

6. Truman C. Fletcher St. Johnsbury, Vt 733 

7. George Grenville Benedict Burlington, Vt V34 

8. Urban Andrian Woodbury Burlington, Vt 735 

9. Robert Jackson Kimball Randolph, Vt 736 

10. *Hiram Augustus Huse Montpelier, Vt 737 

11. William Paul Dillingham , Wateroury, Vt 738 

12. Charles Spooner Forbes St. Albans, Vt 73» 

13. John Grant Norton St. Albans, Vt 740 

11. Austin Weld Fuller St. Albans, Vt 741 

15. Horace Edward Dyer Rutland, Vt 742 

16. Edward Curtis Smith St. Albans, Vt 2412 

17. Charles Dewey Montpelier, Vt 2413 

IS. *John Erastus Hubbard Montpelier, Vt 2414 

19. * Julius Jacob Estey Brattleboro, Vt 2415 

20. Jacob Gray Estey Brattleboro, Vt 2416 

21. Elias Lyman Burlington, Vt 2417 

22. Worthington Smith Telford St. Aloans, Vt 2418 

23. Charles Allen Converse Philadelphia, Pa 2419 

24. Frederick Howard Wells Burlington, Vt 2420 

25. Henry Wells Burlington, Vt 2421 

26. Charles Edmund Miner Burlington, Vt 2422 

27. Leroy Monroe Bingham Burlington, "Vt 2423 

28. Edward Wells Burlington, Vt 2424 

29. * James Clay Houghton Montpelier, Vt 2425 

• Deceased. 



state National 

No. ]^o. 

30. *Heman Allen Waterman Johnson, Vt 2426 

31. Benjamin Franklin Fifield Montpelier, Vt 2427 

32. Daniel Webster Robinson Burlington, Vt 2428 

33. Albert Bmore Richardson Burlington, Vt 2429 

34. Ira Hobart Evans Austin, Texas 2430 

35. John Henry Booth Plattsburgh, N. Y 2431 

36. George Worthington Bennington, Vt. , 2432 

37. Stephen Perry Jocelyn, U. S. A Burlington, Vt 2433 

38. Frederick Gay Burlington, Vt 2434 

39. Frederick Albert Richardson Burlington, Vt 2446 

40. Frank Richardson Wells Burlington, Vt 2449 

41. William Shields Roberts Deep River, Ct 2450 

42. William James Van Patten Burlington, Vt 2459 

43. Charles Strain Van Patten Burlington, Vt 2460 

44. Albert Tuttle Fair Haven, Vt 2598 

45. Forest H. Hathaway, U. S. A Philaaelpnia, Pa 1042 

46. *Julius William Russell Burlington, Vt 2560 

47. Wylie B. Jones Binghamton, N. Y 2561 

48. Charles Edwin Allen Burlington, Vt 2562 

49. George Gregory Smith St. Albans, Vt 2563 

50. H. S. Haskell Derby Line, Vt 2660 

51. Carroll S. Page Hyde tark, Vt 2661 

52. George Dewey, U. S. N Washington, D. C 2663 

53. Eben Putnam Cambridge, Mass 2927 

54. Ralph Wright Putnam Putnamville, Vt 

55. AVarren E. Putnam Bennington, Vt 

56. Charles Smith Boynton Burlington, Vt 

57. Heman W. Allen Burlington, Vt 

58. Henry L. Ward Burlington, Vt , 3174 

59. Frederick W. Ward Burlington, Vt 3175 

60. Charles L. Woodbury Burlington, Vt 3222 

61. Edward P. Woodbury Burlington, Vt 3223 

62. Hamilton S. Peck Burlington, Vt 3224 

63. Joseph L. Hills Burlington, Vt. 3225 

64. Israel Holmes Francisco Rutlanu, Vt 

65. John Heman Converse Philadelphia, Pa 3359 

66. Daniel Burns Dyer Augusta, Ga 

67. Byron N. Clark Burlington, Vt 3388 

68. Harry Stinson Howard Burlington, Vt 3389 

* Deceased. 9 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LA WS» 



The following revised draft of the Constitution and By- 
laws, having been duly reported to the Council by a commit- 
tee appointed for that purpose, and having been approved by the* 
Council, was adopted at the General Court, held at Burlington, 
February 24, 1903.] 



PREAMBLE. 



Whereas, It is desirable that there should be adequate cele- 
brations commemorative of the events of Colonial history hap- 
pening from the settlement of Jamestown, Va., May 13, 1607, to 
the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775; 

Therefore, The Society of Colonial Wars has been instituted 
to perpetuate the memory of those events and of the men who 
in military, naval and civil positions of high trust and respon- 
sibility, by their acts or counsel assisted in the establishment, de- 
fense and preservation of the American Colonies, and were in 
truth the founders of this Nation. With this end in view it seeks 
to collect and preserve manuscripts, rolls, relics and records ; to 
provide suitable commemorations or memorials relating to the 
American Colonial period, and to inspire in its members the 
fraternal and patriotic spirit of their forefathers, and in the 
community respect and reverence for those whose public ser- 
vices made our freedom and unity possible. 

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CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I. 



NAMK. 



The Society shall be known by the name and title of The 
Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Vermont, 

ARTICLE II. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of 
good moral character and reputation, shall be eligible to mem- 
bership in this Society, who is lineally descended in the male or 
female line from an ancestor : 

(i) Who served as a military or naval officer, or as a 
soldier, sailor, or marine, or as a privateersman, under authority 
of the Colonies which afterward formed the United States, or in 
the forces of Great Britain which participated with those of the 
said Colonies in any wars in which the said Colonies were en- 
gaged, or in which they enrolled men, from the settlement of 
Jamestown, May 13th, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, April 

^9> 1775; or, 

(2) Who held office in any of the Colonies between the 
dates above mentioned, either as 

(a) Director-General, Vice-Director General, or member 
of the Council or Legislative body, in the Colony of New Neth- 
erlands ; 

(b) Governor, Lieutenant or Deputy Governor, Lord Pro- 
prietor, member of the King's or Governor's Council or Legisla- 
tive body, in the Colonies of New York, New Jersey, Virginia, 
Pennsylvania and Delaware; 

(c) Lord Proprietor, Governor, Deputy Governor, or mem- 
ber of the Council or of the Legislative body, in Maryland and 
the Carolinas ; 

(d) Governor, Deputy Governor, Governor's Assistant, or 
Commissioner to the United Colonies of New England, or mem- 
ber of the Council body of Assistants or Legislative body in 
any of the New England Colonies. 

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ARTICLE III. 
officz;rs. 

The Officers of this Society shall be a Governor, a Deputy 
Governor, a Lieutenant Governor, a Secretary, a Deputy Secre- 
tary, a Treasurer, a Chaplain, a Historian, a Registrar, a Chan- 
cellor and a Surgeon, who shall be elected at the General Court. 

These officers, together with the Deputy Governor General, 
(the Society's representative in the General Society) shall be ex- 
ofHcio members of the Council. 

ARTICLE IV. 

ge;ntleme;n op the council and committees. 

There shall be a Council consisting of six members — who 
shall be called "Gentlemen of the Council," — in addition to the 
ex-ofRcio members ; a Committee on Membership, consisting of 
five members ; a Committee on Collection of Historical Docu- 
ments and Records, consisting of five members, and a Committee 
on Installation, consisting of five members. 

ARTICLE V. 

election oe oeeicers. 

The Council shall appoint a Nominating Committee of three 
members ivho shall not he officers, who, two weeks before the Gen- 
eral Court of the Society, shall report to the Council a list of nom- 
anations of members to the various offices and committee places 
to be filled at the ensuing election. ' The Secretary shall send a 
copy of the said list to each member of the Society at least one 
week before the day fixed for the General Court. The officers, 
together with the Gentlemen of the Council and Members of Com- 
mittees, shall be elected by ballot. A plurality vote shall elect, 
and said officers and committees shall hold office for the period of 
one year, or until their successors shall be duly elected and qual- 
ified, except that at each election two Gentlemen of the Council 
shall be elected for a term of three years. Vacancies occurring 
shall be filled for the residue of the current year as provided in 
the Bv-Laws. 

ARTICLE VI. 

ADMISSION OE MEMBERS. 

Every application for membership shall be made in writing, 
subscribed by the applicant, and approved by two members of 

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the Society over their signatures. Application shall be accom- 
panied by proof of eligibility, and such application and proof 
shall be referred to the Committee on Membership, who shall care- 
fully investigate the same and report at the next meeting their 
recommendation thereon. Aiembers shall be elected by vote at a 
Council of the Society duly called, but a negative vote of one in 
five of the ballots cast shall cause the rejection of any candidate. 
Payment of initiation fee and dues, and assent to the following 
declaration shall be necessary to complete membership. 

ARTICLE VII. 

DECLARATION. 

Every member shall declare upon honor that he will use his 
best efforts to promote the purposes of the Society, and will ob- 
•serve the Constitution and By-Laws of the same; and if a 
citizen of the United States, shall declare that he will support the 
Constitution of the United States. When practicable such declara- 
tion shall be in writing and subscribed to by the member making 
it. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

PURPOSES. 

At every Council the purposes of the Society shall be con- 
sidered, and the best measures to promote them adopted. No 
partj, political question of the day or existing controversial re- 
ligious subject shall be discussed 'or considered at any meeting 
of the Society, or of the Council. 

ARTICLE IX. 

COMMEMORATIONS. 

It shall be a regulation that members of the Society, when 
practicable, shall hold a celebration commemorative of some 
martial event in Colonial history, and dine together at least once 
in each year. 

ARTICLE X. 

THE SEAL. 

Previous to Vermont's Declaration of Independence the ter- 
ritory hitherto known as The New Hampshire Grants was claimed 
by the Provinces of New York and New Hampshire under con- 
flicting authorizations from the English Crown. Charters of 

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townships were granted by the royal governors of both provinces. 
The New York officers who undertook to dispossess settlers hold- 
ing their lands under grants from the Governor of New Hamp- 
shire, were resisted, and in some cases received what was known 
in that day as the application of the "Beech Seal" — being the ad- 
ministration of floggings with beech rods, called by Ethan Allen 
the "twigs of the wilderness." The officers of the first regularly 
organized corps of Green Mountain Boys were commissioned by 
the Province of New York. The Great Seal of the Vermont So- 
ciety consists of a combination of the seals of New Hampshire 
and the original seal of New Netherlands, New York, while the 
beech seal of the Green Mountain Boys is represented by beech 
withes, which bind the ribbon at the base. A title scroll bears the 
figures "1724" and "1775," being the dates of the first permanent 
white settlement at Dummerston, and the end of the Colonial 
period. 

ARTICLE XI. 

INSIGNIA. 

The insignia of the Society shall consist of a badge, pendant 
by a gold crown and ring, from a watered silk ribbon one inch 
and a half wide of red, bordered with white and edged with red. 
The badge shall be surrounded by a laurel wreath in gold and 
shall consist of : 

Ohzerse ; A white enameled star of nine points bordered with 
red enamel, having between each two starpoints a shield displaying 
an emblem of one of the nine original colonies ; and, within a blue 
enameled garter bearing the motto "Fortiter Pro Patria," an In- 
dian's head in gold relievo. 

Reverse; The star above described, but with gold edge, each 
shield between the points displaying a mullet, and in the center, 
within an annulet of blue bearing the title "Society of Colonial 
Wars, 1607-1775," the figure of a colonial soldier in gold relievo. 
The reverse of the crown of each insignia shall bear an engraved 
number corresponding to that of the registered number of the 
member to whom such insignia has been issued. 

The insignia shall be worn by the members on all occasions 
when they assemble as such, for any stated purpose or celebra- 
tion, and may be worn on any occasion of ceremony. It shall be 
worn conspicuously on the left breast ; but members who are or 
have been Gentlemen of the Council of a State Society, may place 
a rosette of regulation pattern upon the silk ribbon from which 
it is pendant. Members who are or have been General Officers, 

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or Officers of a State Society, may wear the insignia with three 
jewels in the crown, and suspended from a regulation ribbon- 
around the neck. Members who are or have been Governors, Dep- 
uty Governors or Lieutenant-Governors of State Societies, or offi- 
cers of the General Society, may, in addition to the insignia so sus" 
pended, wear a ribbon of the Society's colors, three and one-half 
inches in width, extending from the right shoulder to the left hip. 
The insignia shall be worn only as above described. 

ARTICLE XIL 

the; flag. 
The flag of this Society shall consist of the red cross of St. 
George on a white field, bearing in the center the escutcheon of 
the Vermont Society of Colonial Wars, surmounted by the Crown 
and surrounded by nine stars. 

ARTICLE XIII. 

ALTERATION OR AMENDMENT. 

No alteration or amendment of the Constitution of this So- 
ciety shall be made unless notice shall have been given in writing, 
signed by the member proposing the same, at a previous meeting" 
of the General Court. The Secretary shall send a copy of the 
proposed amendment to each member of the Society, specifying^ 
time and place of the Court at which the same will be voted upon. 

No amendment shall be made unless adopted by a two-thirds 
vote of the members present at the Court voting upon the same. 

BYLAWS. 



SECTION I. 

INSTALLATION FEES. DUES. 
The initiation fee shall be ten dollars ; the annual dues three 
dollars payable on or before the first of January of each year^ 
after which members who have not paid will be deemed in arrears 
and debarred from voting at the meetings of the Society. The 
payment at one time of twenty-five dollars shall exempt the mem- 
ber so paying from annual dues. 

SECTION II. 

GOVERNOR. 

The Governor, or, in his absence, the Deputy Governor, or 
Lieutenant-Governor, or Chairman pro tern., shall preside at all 

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Courts of the Society, and shall exercise the duties of a presiding 
officer, under parliamentary rules, subject to an appeal to the 
Society. The Governor shall be a member ex-officio of all com- 
mittees except the Nominating Committee and Committee on 
Membership. He, or in his absence from the State, or incapacity 
to perform the duties of his office, the Deputy Governor, shall con- 
vene the Council upon the written request of two members thereof 
or of five members of the Society, and may otherwise convene the 
Council at his discretion. 



SECTION III. 



SECRETARY. 

The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of 
the Society. He shall notify all elected candidates of their admis- 
sion, and perform such other duties as the Society or his office may 
require. He shall have charge of the seal, certificates of incor- 
poration, by-laws, historical and other documents and records of 
the Society other than those required to be deposited with the Reg- 
istrar, and shall affix the Seal to all properly authenticated certif- 
icates of membership, and transmit the same to the members to 
whom they may be issued. He shall notify the Registrar of all 
admissions to membership. He shall certify all acts of the So- 
ciety, and when required authenticate them under seal. He shall 
have charge of printing and of publications issued by the Society, 
and all publications donated to or acquired by purchase for the So- 
ciety. He shall give due notice of the time and place of the hold- 
ing of all courts of the Society and meetings of the 
Council, and shall incorporate in said notice the names 
of all applicants for membership to be voted on at 
said Council, and shall be present at the same. He 
shall keep fair and accurate records of all the proceedings and 
orders of the Society and of the Council, and shall give notice to 
each officer who may be affected by them, of all votes, resolutions 
and proceedings of the Society or the Council, and at the General 
Court, or oftener, shall report the names of candidates who have 
been admitted to membership and of any whose resignations have 
been accepted, and of any members who have been expelled for 
cause or who have failed to substantiate claim of descent. In his 
absence from any meeting the Deputv Secretary shall act, or a 
Secretary pro tempore may be designated. 



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SECTION IV. 

TREASURER. 

The Treasurer shall collect the dues and keep the funds and 
securities of the Society ; and as often as such funds shall amount 
to one hundred dollars they shall be deposited in some bank in the 
State of Vermont, which shall be designated by the Council, to 
the credit of The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Ver- 
mont," and such funds shall be drawn thence on the check of the 
Treasurer for the purposes of the Society only. Out of these 
funds he shall pay such sums only as may be ordered by the So- 
ciety or the Council, or his office may require. He shall keep a 
true account of his receipts and payments, anl at each annual meet- 
ing render the same to the Society. 

For the faithful performance of his duty he may be required 
to give such security as the Society may deem proper. 

SECTION V. 

REGISTRAR. 

The Registrar shall receive from the Secretary and file all the 
proofs upon which membership has been granted, with a list of 
all diplomas countersigned by him and all documents which the 
Society may obtain, and he, under direction of the Council, shall 
make copies of such papers as the owners may not be willing tO' 
leave in the keeping of the Society. 

SECTION VI. 

HISTORIAN. 

The Historian shall keep a detailed record of all historical 
and commemorative celebrations of the Society, and he shall edit 
and prepare for publication such historical addresses, papers and 
other documents as the Society may see fit to publish ; also a ne- 
crological list for each year, with biographies of deceased mem- 
bers. 

SECTION VII. 

CHAPLAIN. 

The Chaplain shall officiate when called upon by the proper 
officers. 

SECTION VIII. 

CHANCELLOR. 

The Chancellor shall be a lawyer duly admitted to the bar,, 
and it shall be his duty to give legal opinions on matters afTect- 

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ing the Society, without fee, when called upon by the proper 
officers. 

SECTION IX. 

surge;on. 

The Surgeon shall be a practicing physician. 

SECTION X. 

THE COUNCII,. 

The Council shall have power to call special Courts of the 
Society, and arrange for celebrations by the Society. They shall 
have control and management of the affairs and funds of the 
Society. They shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed 
by the Constitution and By-Laws, but they shall at no time be 
required to take any action or contract any debt for which they 
shall be liable. They may accept the resignation of any member 
of the Society. They may meet as often as required, or at the call 
of the Governor. Three members shall be a quorum for the trans- 
action of business. At the General Court they shall submit to the 
Society a report of their proceedings during the past year. The 
Council shall have the power to drop from the roll the name of any 
member of the Society who shall be at least two years in arrears 
and shall fail on proper notice to pay the same within sixty days, 
and on being dropped his membership shall cease, but he may be 
restored to membership at any time by the Council upon his writ- 
ten application and the payment of all arrears from the date when 
he was dropped to the date of his restoration. The Council may 
suspend any officer for cause, which must be reported to the 
Society and action taken on the same within thirty days. 

SECTION XL 

VACANCIES AND TERMS OF OFEICE. 

Whenever an officer of this Society shall die, resign or neg- 
lect to serve, or be suspended, or be unable to perform his duties 
by reason of absence, sickness, or other cause, and whenever an 
office shall be vacant which the Society shall not have filled by an 
election, the Council shall have power to appoint a member to 
such office pro tempore, who shall act in such capacity until the 
Society shall elect a member to the vacant office, or until the ina- 
bility due to said cause shall cease ; provided, however, that the 
office of Governor or Secretary shall not be filled by the Council 
when there shall be a Deputy or Lieutenant-Governor or Deputy 

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Secretary to enter on these duties. The Council may supply va- 
cancies among its members under the same conditions, and should 
any member other than an officer be absent from three consec- 
utive Councils, his place may be declared vacant by the 
Council and filled by appointment until an election of a successor. 
Subject to these provisions, all Officers and Gentlemen of the 
Council shall from the time of election continue in their respective 
offices until the next General Court, or until their successors are 
chosen. 

SECTION XII. 

RESIGNATION. 

No resignation of any member shall become effective unless 
consented to by the Council. 

SECTION XIII. 

DISQUAIvlFl CATION. 

No person who may be enrolled as a member of this Society 
shall be permitted to continue in membership when his proofs of 
descent or eligibility shall be found to be defective. The Council, 
after thirty days' notice to such person to substantiate his claim, 
and upon his failure satisfactorily so to do, may require the Sec- 
retary to erase his name from the membership list. The said 
person shall have a right to appeal to the Society at its next Court, 
or at the General Court. If the said appeal be sustained by a 
two-thirds vote of the members present at such Court, the person's 
name shall be restored to the membership list. 

SECTION XIV. 

me;mbership. 

Members shall be elected by ballot at a meeting of the Coun- 
cil after report by the Membership Committee ; but a negative 
vote of one in five of the ballots cast shall exclude any candidate. 

SECTION XV. 

committee: ON MEMBERSHIP. 

The Committee on Membership shall consist of five member.s. 
They shall be chosen by ballot at the General Court of the Society, 
and shall be elected for the period of one year. Three members 
shall constitute a quorum, and a negative vote of three members 
shall cause an adverse report to the Council on the candidate's 

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application. The proceedings of the Committee shall be secret 
and confidential, and a candidate who has been rejected by the 
Council shall be ineligible for membership for a space of one year 
from the date of rejection, except upon the unanimous vote of the 
Committee. 

The Committee shall have power to make By-Laws for its 
government and for other purposes not inconsistent with the Con- 
stitution or By-Laws of the Society. 

SECTION XVL 

EXPULSION OR SUSPENSION. 

Any member for cause or conduct detrimental or antagonis- 
tic to the interests or purposes of the Society, or for just cause, 
may be suspended or expelled from the Society. But no mem- 
ber shall be expelled or suspended unless written charges be pre- 
sented against such member to the Council. The Council shall 
give reasonable notice of such charges, and afford such member 
reasonable opportunity to be heard and refute the same. The 
Council, after hearing such charges, may recommend to the So- 
ciety the expulsion or suspension of such member, and if the 
recommendation of the Council be adopted by a majority vote of 
the members of the Society present at such Court, he shall be 
so expelled or suspended, and the insignia of said member shall 
thereupon be returned to the Treasurer of the Society, and his 
rights therein shall be extinguished or suspended. The Treas- 
urer shall refund to the said member the amount paid for the 
said insignia. 

SECTION XVII. 

COURTS. 

The General Court of the Society, at which shall be held 
the annual election for officers, shall be held on the anniversary 
of the first permanent settlement at Fort Dummer, February 22, 
1724, or upon the following Tuesday if that anniversary falls 
upon Sunday. 

There shall be held a Social Court at such time as the Gov- 
ernor may deem advisable, the character of the entertainment to 
be in the discretion of the Council. 

Special Courts may be called by the Governor at such times 
as the interests of the Society may demand, and must be called by 
the Secretary on written request of five members. 

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Notices of Courts shall be sent out at least five days before 
the date of each Court. 

SECTION XVIII. 

service; of notice. 

It shall be the duty of every member to inform the Secretary 
by written communication of his place of residence and of any 
change thereof, and of his post-office address. Service of any 
notice under the Constitution or By-Laws on any member, ad- 
dressed to his last residence or post-office address, forwarded by 
mail, shall be sufficient service of notice. 

SECTION XIX. 

DEATH OE MEMBERS. 

Upon the death of any member, notice thereof and the time 
and place of the funeral shall be published by the Secretary at 
least once in one daily newspaper in Vermont, and it shall there- 
upon become the duty of members, if practicable, to attend the 
obsequies. Upon official information of the death of a member, 
it shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint from the Society 
four members as a Committee to represent the Society at the 
funeral. Any member who becomes aware of the death of a 
fellow member shall make it his duty to see that the Secretary is 
properly notified of the fact. 

SECTION XX. 

AETERATION OR AMENDMENT. 

No alteration or amendment of the By-Eaws shall be made 
unless notice shall have been duly given in writing, signed by the 
member proposing the same, at a previous Court of the Society. 

The Secretary shall send a copy of the proposed amendment 
to each member of the Society, and state the time and place of the 
Court at which the same will be voted upon. No amendment or 
alteration shall be made unless adopted by a two-thirds vote of the 
members present at the Court voting upon the same. 



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Form of Installation* 



The Governor elect will be escorted to the front of the chair, 
by the installation committee, and formally presented to the presid- 
ing officer. 

The members will rise and remain standing while the Gov- 
ernor elect makes the following declaration: "I declare my alle- 
giance to the United States, whose independence and unity became 
possible through the patriotic efforts and sacrifices of our Colonial 
Ancestors ; and to the Commonwealth of Vermont ; and that I will 
well and faithfully perform the duties of the office upon which I 
am about to enter." 

The presiding officer will then vacate the chair, which will 
be taken by the new Governor, with such remarks as he may choose 
to offer. 



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OFFICERS 



OF THE 



General Society of Colonial Wars* 

Elected at the Third Triennial General Assembly held in Faneuil 
Hall, Boston, May 21, 1902. 



Governor Gen<Tal, 
FREDERICK J. de PET3TER. New York City. 

Vic<-Governor Geaenlr 
ROWLAND PELL, New York City. 

Secretary General, 
SAMUEL V. HOFFiLlN. Morristown. N. J. 

Deputy Secretary General, 
WILLL\M BLEECKER SEAMAN, EUzabetii, N. J. 

Treasurer General, 
EDWARD SHIPPEN, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Deputy Treasurer General, 
SEYMOUR MORRIS, Chicago, 111. 

Registrar General, 
GEORGE NORBURY iL\CKENZIE, Baltimore, Md. 

Historian General, 
REV. CHARLES E. STEVENS. Philadelphia. Pa. 

Chaplain General, 
RT. REV. WILLIAM LAWRENCE. Cambridge, Mass. 

Surgeon General, 
VALENTINE MOTT FRANCIS, M. D., Newport, R. I. 

Chancellor General, 
PROF. THEODORE S. WOOLSEY, New Haven, Conn. 

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Deputy Governors General, 

New York, WALTER L. SUYDAM. 

Pennsylvania, RICHARD M. CADWALADER. 
Maryland, GEN. JOSEPH L. BRENT. 
Massachusetts, ARTHUR J. C. SOWDON. 
Connecticut, CHARLES E. GROSS. 
District of ColumUa, WILLIAM THOMPSON. 
New Jersey, GEN E. BURD GRUBB. 

New Hampshire, PROF. CHARLES L. PARSONS. 

Vermont, ROBERT NOBLE. 
Ohio, ACHILLES C. PUGH. 

California, SPENCER R. THORPE. 
Iowa, SAMUEL F. SMITH. 

Michigan, SAMUEL T. DOUGLASS. 
Delaware, HON. GEORGE GRAY, 
Rhode Island, HUNTER C. WHITE. 
Maine, COL. JOHN M. GLIDDEN. 

Virginia, HON. RICHARD T. W. DUKE, JR. 
Missouri, CLARK H. SAMPSON. 
Colorado, ARTHUR S. DWIGHT. 
Georgia, JOHN A. G. CARSON. 

Wisconsin, HON. HENRY C. PAYNE. 
Minnesota, HENRY P. UPHAM. 
Kentucky, DANIEL L. GOOCH. 

Washington, J. KENNEDY STOUT. 

Deputy Governors General for Illinois and Nebraska not reported. 



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